Miura, 26-2-2-(19), Miura decked Thompson with an uppercut in round two and again in round six with a right and left punch combination. Thompson,31-3-(29), returned the favour by flooring Miura in round eight.

The knockdown seemed to wake up Miura after the knockdown because he bagan to step up a gear to secure a unanimous but hard fought war by scores of 113-112, 114-110 and 114-111.